

classic indy hip-hop, Doom + Madlib collab
Madvillainy Vinyl 2LP Stones Throw
I don't know how Stones Throw are going to top this. Without exaggeration, this is one of the greatest meeting of the minds of this whole SP1200-ab...
View full detailsclassic indy hip-hop, Doom + Madlib collab
I don't know how Stones Throw are going to top this. Without exaggeration, this is one of the greatest meeting of the minds of this whole SP1200-ab...
View full detailsmeticulously produced non-rap(?) full-length
"This is IGOR. Pronounced EEE-GORE. Don't go into this expecting a rap album. Don't go into this expecting any album." Tyler, the Creator's 5th stu...
View full detailsanticipated 2004 Roc-A-Fella debut
Everybody knew 6 months ago that Kanye's album was gonna be serious. Ever since the buzz on his solo stuff started, he's been producing bigger and ...
View full detailsclassic ATCQ album from 1993
Nothing much more to say about this... it changed mi life! black vinyl pressing original release year: 1993 music label: Jive 2015 reviewed by th...
View full detailsclassic NY hip-hop album
What can I say about this album? Easily in the top 10 of all time, there is no way to pick favorites on this album. Not even one okay track on here...
View full detailsin-demand sophomore effort from 2005, official reissue
Finally back in print! Demon Days is Gorillaz much in-demand sophomore album, which has not been widely available on official vinyl since its origi...
View full detailsgood kid, classic album
NOW THAT OUTKAST IS DONE, WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION THAT SPEAKS THE TRUTH. Leading the pack of said younger generation is young Ken...
View full detailsthe plot shifting 1993 debut
Conspiracy theorists say technology and ideas develop in linear motion. TVs started with sound only (radio), then color, then stereo sound, then r...
View full detailsgot so high off volcanoes, now the flow is so lava
DONALD GLOVER'S 2013 BREAKOUT SOPHOMORE LP. This is the album that transformed the Donald from a prime-time television actor with a little passion ...
View full detailssophomore album, jazz/hip-hop fusion at its best
I really lost my shit when I first heard this. Heads in the know tell you that this is their best, most complete album. No weaklings, just solid be...
View full detailsbeats masterpiece from influential Detroit producer
When Donuts first rolled into the Lab, I gave it a cursory listen, and, wanting to get home to the new episode of Lost as quickly as possible, toss...
View full detailsclassic 1989 debut finally available again on wax
Finally reissued! In the grand scheme of things, 10 years isn't really THAT long for a record to be out of print... but for an album as seminal as ...
View full details3rd album from virtuosic LA bassist/songwriter
It's here! Thundercat's anticipated third album, pressed up as a deluxe quadruple 10" boxset on special edition red colored vinyl, courtesy of Brai...
View full detailsthe best yet from Odd Future leader?
4th full-length from Tyler, The Creator! And yes, it's the one where he raps "I've been kissing white boys since 2004" ("I Ain't Got Time"). There ...
View full detailsis K.Dot now in the Mount Rushmore of rap?
New Kung Fu Kenny!!! DAMN. is the name of the album, and damn, Kendrick Lamar has done it again. 4 albums in, K.Dot... Rather, KUNG FU KENNY (Kid C...
View full detailsfunkdafied 3rd album from Donald Glover
Childish Gambino unleashes the funk on his 3rd studio album. Awaken, My Love! is a bold departure from the hip-hop sound of his previous work, and...
View full details2014 mixtape considered his master work
"Mac Miller's cult favourite mixtape Faces is finally available on triple vinyl. The project, which originally debuted on Mother's Day 2014, is a v...
View full detailsreflections on love & life from late Pittsburgh rapper
The Divine Feminine is the 4th studio album from Mac Miller. Originally released in 2016, the record finds the late Pittsburgh artist crooning as m...
View full detailsG-funk classic
"Bitches ain't shit but hos and tricks, lick on the nuts and suck the dick..." Ahhh, quality ish. My earliest memory of this record was when Dr. Dr...
View full detailsclassic 1999 debut on official Rawkus double vinyl
Mos' classic full length solo debut, back on official double vinyl! Black On Both Sides is one of the crown jewels in the Rawkus catalog - an esse...
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The long-awaited collaborative album between Kanye West & Kid Cudi, aka Kids See Ghosts, came as the third release of a series of 5 LPs executi...
View full details1995 debut, crown jewel of Wu solo efforts
The legacy of the purple tape lives on in this special deluxe purple vinyl version of Rae's infamous debut album! This is the crown jewel of the Cl...
View full details3rd album from Big Boi & Andre
Before To Pimp A Butterfly, there was Aquemini. On their third album, Outkast steer the soulful boom-bap of their first two records further south, ...
View full details1990 debut ft. 'Bonita Applebum,' 'Can I Kick It' + many more golden era anthems
Tribe's masterful debut jazz thing album. Surprise favorites like "After Hours" and "Footprints" continually grow on you between the hits "Bonita A...
View full details30th anniversary pressing with quad gatefold sleeve
It's been 30 years since Paul's Boutique came out, and to celebrate this landmark release, Capitol has pressed it up onto double vinyl for the firs...
View full detailshyped sounds w/ house, hip-hop, r&b, disco influences
Louis Kevin Celestin AKA Kaytranada was introduced to FL Studio when he was 15. In 2012, the Montreal-based producer posted his remix of Janet Jack...
View full detailsdebut album from Atlanta & Community star's hip-hop project
DEBUT ALBUM FROM RAPPER / ACTOR DONALD "I LOVE MIGOS" GLOVER. Preceded by 2010’s Culdesac mixtape and 2011’s EP, Camp is the first offical full-len...
View full detailsdeluxe repress of the Fugees' sophomore album
Ready or not here I come! You know what this is, if you don't it's time to get familiar. The Fugees' sophomore album, The Score, made the group wor...
View full detailsslept-on follow-up to Illmatic. includes 'If I Ruled The World,' 'The Message,' 'Street Dreams'
What do you follow up Illmatic, one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, with? For Nas, the answer was It Was Written, the Queensbridge MC's...
View full detailsthis is how we chill; Bay Area hip hop classic
Back on double vinyl! A daunting task reviewing this record, but here's a try. Not to get all textbook, but 93 Til Infinity is one of finest embodi...
View full details2012 followup to The Money Store w/ explicit album cover
Norcal stand up! For some reason Death Grips makes sense, especially with No Love Deep Web. The trio of MC Ride and production team Zach Hill &...
View full detailsnext-wave west coast soul/funk/hip-hop
Malibu comes by way of Venice and Compton, and it is the latter that really broke out the Oxnard triple-threat (he sings, raps, and produces) forme...
View full details10th anniversary edition w/ alt cover, metallic blend variant
Limited 10th anniversary edition pressed on 'metallic blends' colored double vinyl with alternate cover art. Original Lab review: King Kendrick hol...
View full detailsone of Big Boi & Andre's best on double vinyl
Hard to believe we never picked this up back when it was released, but you gotta understand that we were on the tail end of our hip hop snob days b...
View full detailsif you ever opened an album and wanted to be surprised by each track, this is it
Critically derided on it's release in '98, Psyence Fiction has gained cult status for its chaotic collages and maverick collaboration, becoming an ...
View full detailslate footwork/juke pioneer's 2013 masterpiece incorporating jungle, trap + classic R&B sounds, Lab exclusivo!
Lab exclusivo! Celebrating ten years of DJ Rashad's full-length masterpiece, newly reissued on Partisan Records with refreshed gold foil stamped co...
View full detailsleftfield hip-hop jewel from eccentric Detroit MC
Danny Brown borrows from Joy Division and a novel by J. G. Ballard for the title of his 4th album, Atrocity Exhibition, which features guests like ...
View full detailssecond album from Kanye featuring Jay-Z, Nas, Lupe Fisco, etc
Eyo, can you believe this freakin guy? I have no clue where I stand on Kanye West. Why is he the only rapper whose ego bugs the fuck out of me? How...
View full detailsofficial deluxe reissue with Kaws artwork, poster, CD
As far as we can tell, this official reissue has identical specs to the 2008 release: Kaws artwork, inserts, triple gatefold, double vinyl and bonu...
View full detailsCee-Lo + Danger Mouse, 1st time on vinyl since 2006, ft. 'Crazy'
Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo's first Gnarls Barkley album, featuring the inescapable "Crazy," available again on vinyl for the first time in over a deca...
View full details'it might blow up, but it won’t go pop'
Finally, the legit LP reissue of the classic third De La Soul album. It's one of those rare records you don't even have to think about skipping tra...
View full detailsBiggie's epic 2nd album finally back in print
It’s hard to think of any other rapper with as many classic records under their belt at the age of 24 as The Notorious BIG. The epic and eerie trip...
View full details2006 Neptunes-produced sophomore album
Finally available on vinyl! Special white vinyl pressing of Clipse's sophomore masterpiece, Hell Hath No Fury, from Get On Down. Here's what we had...
View full detailsCali raps finally seeing an official vinyl pressing
Earl Sweatshirt made a name for himself when he went missing. His buzz was EVERYWHERE. He was not. What happened to him? The word is his moms was c...
View full detailsperfect 1991 hip-hop album
Finally repressed! Here's our original review circa early 2000 (sku: hh-009!) When this came out everybody I know was feelin' exactly the same way ...
View full details2016 full-length finally available on wax
black double vinyl pressing housed in deluxe braille-embossed triple panel gatefold jacket w/ printed inserts original release year: 2016 music l...
View full detailsdeluxe repress of late 90's indie rap classic
Black Star still shinin'. This album was arguably the apex of the nineties indy rap scene. In 1998 Rawkus was threatening to change the hip-hop str...
View full details1997 hip-hop party vibe favorite, feat. 'Luchini'
Can't believe we've never had this one up in the Lab before. K Lim said it best on his review of the Black Nostaljack 12" - "If any of you think th...
View full detailsdebut album on double vinyl
The Roots' unknown first album, produced so they would have something to sell on their first European tour and released independently in 1993 befor...
View full detailsgolden era/west coast classic, remastered
30 years old and still potent as ever... Cypress Hill's self-titled debut. The album, available on colored vinyl, features audio remastered from th...
View full detailsclassic 1989 debut finally available again on wax
Finally reissued! In the grand scheme of things, 10 years isn't really THAT long for a record to be out of print... but for an album as seminal as ...
View full details2000 debut album for Madlib's high-pitched alter ego
Pulling a page from Del's notebook, Madlib created Quasimoto in the studio laboratory. Part of the whole invasion schema, the Madlib production is ...
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"A Written Testimony, the long-awaited debut studio album from Jay Electronica, was recorded over 40 days and 40 nights, starting December 26th, 20...
View full detailscosmic jazz meets futuristic beats masterpiece
Flying Lotus finally drops his much anticipated and heavily hyped third album on Warp! Cosmogramma raises the bar to outerspace heights and goes ab...
View full detailsrepress of NOW's breakout sophomore full length
Reissue of NOW's most popular album from 1995, Smoker's Delight, from the good folks at Warp. I always thought the cover and title had a lot to do ...
View full detailship hop classic from the golden era
What's that? You only know "T.R.O.Y." on this album? C'mon! You're missing out man. This album is timeless. Dilla, Pharrell, 9th Wonder, they all c...
View full details'96 Houston classic from Bun B + Pimp C
Deluxe reissue of UGK's classic third album. Before Pimp C (RIP) and Bun B were guesting on Jay-Z records and "Sippin' on Some Syrup" with Three 6 ...
View full details2000 hip-hop marker ft. 'Cherchez LaGhost,' 'One,' 'Mighty Healthy'
Supreme Clientele needs no introduction. Not only is it one of the strongest solo Wu albums, it's filled with tracks like "Nutmeg," "Ghost Deini," ...
View full details2000 sample-based hip-hop prod. by Cut Chemist + DJ Numark
Jurassic 5 flexed serious old-to-the-new muscles in the '90s, beginning with their independently-released single Unified Rebelution in 1994, and b...
View full detailshey-hey-hey-hey... smoke weed everyday, UNCENSORED version
UNCENSORED VERSION, finally. This high-tech as fuck-sounding album floored me when I first heard it almost 20 years ago, and the production values ...
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